Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 3 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-20-2023 14:34 UTC-8

Ivey Jams Into Becker to Soar Up the Leaderboard

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14

Pot Limit Omaha

In a battle of the blinds, the turn showed 9♦6♥2♥3♣ and Johannes Becker made it 164,000 to go out of the small blind for Phil Ivey to call in the big blind. That brought them to the 7♠ river and Becker moved forward a bet worth 492,000 for a large portion of his remaining stack.

"How much do you have?" Ivey inquired and glanced at his table neighbour. Ten seconds later, he announced "all-in" and that sent Becker into a world of pain. He instantly sighed and leaned back, groaning, then moved up his hoodie to stare at the board with just one eye.

The tank of Becker lasted just two minutes before he sent the cards into the muck, allowing Ivey to drag in a large pot and join the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	2,750,000 800,000	800,000

Johannes Becker	775,000 615,000	615,000

Tags: Johannes Becker Phil Ivey

06-20-2023 14:28 UTC-8

Tong Bounces Back Against Coleman

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Kristopher Thong had previously been bluffed out of a pot by Josh Arieh on a king-high river when the latter showed 5♠4♠ for a missed straight draw. "I had a rebluff, I had queen-high," Tong mentioned to his table mate before the game variant switched.

Maxx Coleman raised to 30,000 on the button and Tong three-bet to 130,000 in the big blind. The call by Coleman led to the drawing round on which both players discarded one.

Tong bet 185,000 for Coleman to tank-call and the 8x7x4x3x2x of Tong won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	2,650,000 245,000	245,000

Kristopher Tong	1,500,000 110,000	110,000

Maxx Coleman	1,100,000 430,000	430,000

Tags: Josh Arieh Kristopher Thong Maxx Coleman

06-20-2023 14:25 UTC-8

Some Interesting Statistics

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Frank Visser

Level 14

@WSOP -Of the 27 remaining players, 22 have bracelets. -4 of the remaining players have won this event.
— FIRE MARK CUBAN (@MVPLuka77)

06-20-2023 14:25 UTC-8

Sion Makes Big Laydown

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 14

Pot-Limit Omaha

Phil Ivey opened to 35,000 from middle position and was called by Elior Sion in the big blind.

Sion checked and then called a bet of 40,000 from Ivey after the flop came A♠J♥K♦.

The 6♣ turn saw Sion check for a second time and then call again after Ivey pushed 150,000 into the middle.

Once the 8♦ river completed the board, Sion checked for a third time. Ivey responded by counting out a bet of 400,000, putting Sion to the test for almost all of his remaining chips. After several minutes, Sion, who appeared to be going through the wringer, folded his hand, showing the table A♦A♣ while keeping his other two cards face down to leave himself fairly short as the money bubble approaches.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	1,950,000 160,000	160,000

Elior Sion	500,000 208,000	208,000

Tags: Elior Sion Phil Ivey

06-20-2023 14:24 UTC-8

Johnson Gets Value From Alaei

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14

Limit Hold'em

Daniel Alaei raised and then called a three-bet by Marco Johnson from one seat over on the button. On a board of J♦J♠3♠5♦Q♣, Alaei check-called all the way and then mucked when he was shown the K♣K♦ for kings and jacks by Johnson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Alaei	1,500,000 50,000	50,000

Marco Johnson	1,325,000 335,000	335,000

Tags: Daniel Alaei Marco Johnson

06-20-2023 14:20 UTC-8

Obst Bests Shakerchi in PLO

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Jim Murray

Level 14

Pot Limit Omaha

Talal Shakerchi raised to 31,000 from early position and James Obst three-bet to 75,000 from the button.

Shakerchi made the call and both players checked through the 6♥5♣8♥ flop. Shakerchi would then check-call a bet of 100,000 from Obst on the 3♣ turn and choose to lead for 225,000 on the K♣ river.

After a brief deliberation, Obst made the call.

Shakerchi tabled J♦J♣10♥6♠ for one pair, jacks and Obst showed down, 10♠7♦5♠3♦ for two pair, enough to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Talal Shakerchi	12,000,000 9,818,000	9,818,000

James Obst	3,400,000 781,000	781,000

Tags: James Obst Talal Shakerchi

06-20-2023 14:15 UTC-8

Glaser Eliminated by Shakerchi

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Mike Patrick

Level 14

Pot-Limit Omaha

After Talal Shakerchi raised to 37,000 on the button, Benny Glaser put 62,000 of his remaining 64,000 chips in the middle.

Shakerchi reraised to get the last 2,000 in and Glaser called.

Benny Glaser: A♦K♣J♠5♥
Talal Shakerchi: A♠A♣6♠5♠

The K♠Q♣2♥ flop gave Glaser hope, pairing his king, but the 2♣ on the turn left Glaser needing only a king or ten to survive.

instead the dealer put the 3♠ out on the river, ending Glaser's day and bringing the field down to 22 players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Talal Shakerchi	2,182,000 130,000	130,000

Benny Glaser	Busted

Tags: Benny Glaser Talal Shakerchi

06-20-2023 14:11 UTC-8

Urbanovich Gets Some Value From Coleman

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14

Limit Hold'em

Dzmitry Urbanovich raised from the cutoff and called a three-bet by Maxx Coleman on the button, which led them to the K♠J♥4♥ flop. Urbanovich check-called a bet and they checked the 8♥ turn. On the 3♦ river, Urbanovich bet to earn a call and revealed the K♥9♥ for a flush to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dzmitry Urbanovich	1,700,000 180,000	180,000
Maxx Coleman	1,530,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich Maxx Coleman

06-20-2023 14:06 UTC-8

Updated Counts for Level 14

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	2,619,000 31,000	31,000

Josh Arieh	2,405,000 70,000	70,000

Talal Shakerchi	2,052,000 47,000	47,000

Phil Ivey	1,790,000 10,000	10,000

Ray Dehkharghani	1,600,000 30,000	30,000

Maxx Coleman	1,565,000 175,000	175,000

Daniel Alaei	1,550,000 250,000	250,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	1,520,000 324,000	324,000
Brian Rast	1,500,000 75,000	75,000

Nacho Barbero	1,462,000 62,000	62,000

Kristopher Tong	1,390,000 340,000	340,000

Johannes Becker	1,390,000 310,000	310,000

John Monnette	1,310,000 60,000	60,000

Matthew Ashton	1,240,000 320,000	320,000

Chris Klodnicki	1,100,000 120,000	120,000

Marco Johnson	990,000 10,000	10,000

Hal Rotholz	910,000 145,000	145,000

John Racener	740,000 265,000	265,000

Elior Sion	708,000 317,000	317,000

Phil Hellmuth	560,000 90,000	90,000

Eric Wasserson	519,000 139,000	139,000

Paul Volpe	350,000 20,000	20,000

Benny Glaser	89,000 41,000	41,000

Level: 14

Limit Flop/Draw: 13,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, Bring-In 7,000 Completion 25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante 6,000-12,000 Blinds